Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eḱs-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

From *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).

Root

*h₂eḱs-

1. axis, axle

Derived terms

1. * PIE: *h₂eḱs-i-s

• • Old Armenian: աքսի (akʻsi)

2. * PIE: *h₂eḱs-

• • Old Armenian: աքս (akʻs)

• *h₂eḱs-i-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *aśís
    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: ass m
      • Latvian: ass m
      • Lithuanian: ašìs m
    • West Baltic:
      • Old Prussian: assis m
    • Proto-Slavic: *ȍsь (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *aksis
    • Latin: axis
• *h₂eḱs-o-s
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Háćšas (see there for further descendants)
• *h₂eḱs-eh₂
  • Proto-Germanic: *ahsō (see there for further descendants)
• *h₂eḱs-ih₂ ~ *h₂eks-yéh₂s
  • ⇒? Proto-Indo-European: *h₂em-h₂eks-y(e)h₂-, *h₂em-h₂eḱs-y(e)h₂-
    • Proto-Tocharian:
      • ⇒? Tocharian B: amäkṣpänte
• *h₂éḱs-ō ~ *h₂éḱs-nes
  • Proto-Hellenic: *aksōn
    • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀀𐀒𐀰𐀚 (a-ko-so-ne)
    • Ancient Greek: ἄξων (áxōn)
• *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂
  • (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *akslā
    • Latin: āla, axilla
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian: *a(k)škā
    • Albanian: ashkë